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A photograph of a musical performance on a stage with a warm orange-to-yellow backdrop bearing a dark silhouette of temple spires. Four women sit on a green floor mat playing string instruments, including a tanpura and a veena-style instrument. The woman in the centre wears a pink silk sari with gold border and pearl necklace; the young woman at left wears a pink sari and pearl earrings. A man seen from behind, in an orange-brown kurta with long dark hair, sits at the right playing a tanpura-like instrument with his back to the camera. A microphone stand stands in the middle of the group.

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October 16 20102010-10-16A photograph of a musical performance on a stage with an orange-to-yellow backdrop bearing a dark silhouette of a temple tower. Seated on a green floor covering, a woman in a pink silk saree with gold jewellery plays a large stringed instrument, a tanpura-style lute, while a younger girl in a pink top and white dupatta with earrings sits beside her. Another woman in a pink saree sits in the background. At right, a bearded man with long dark hair wears a rust-orange kurta and white dhoti, seated with his back partly turned, playing a stringed instrument with a wooden resonator. Microphones stand on the floor and cables run across the green mat.2010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesA seated musical ensemble performs on a green-covered stage. A man in a white shirt and cream trousers plays a tabla-style drum at left. A young woman in a pink saree with a pearl necklace and a bindi holds a long-necked tanpura-style stringed instrument. Behind her an older woman in a pink saree and beaded necklace sits beside a second stringed instrument, and at right a woman in a pink-and-gold saree plays a veena. Dark wooden instruments and cables lie on the stage, and a red-and-orange backdrop is at left.2010-10-16A photograph of a musical performance on a green-covered stage in an indoor hall with pale pink walls and hanging woven panels with orange tassels. Five women sit cross-legged playing stringed instruments. Several wear pink and rose saris with gold jewelry and earrings; the central woman in a pink sari with a bindi plays a long-necked veena with a gourd resonator, and the woman at right in a pink-and-gold sari plays a similar instrument. The leftmost young woman in a pale pink outfit plays another lute-type instrument, and the woman behind her in pink sings or plays. Microphones stand on stands in front of the players.2010-10-16 +1 copiesA photograph of five women performing a classical Carnatic music ensemble on a green stage mat. They sit cross-legged in pink and salmon saris, several holding veena instruments with long necks and gourd resonators, and one in a gold-bordered sari plays a veena at centre. Behind them hang decorative woven bands with orange tassels on a pale wall, and a small blue notice is mounted at left. The women are singing or playing with raised hands, and microphone stands and cables sit on the stage.2010-10-16 +1 copiesA photograph of women performing a classical music ensemble seated on a green cloth-covered stage. Four women wear pink and rose saris with gold jewelry; the central woman in a pink silk sari and gold blouse plays a long-necked veena with wooden resonator gourd, while others beside her hold veenas and sit in front of a plain wall with hanging decorative tassels in orange, blue and pink. Microphone cables run across the stage floor.2010-10-16 +1 copiesA women's veena ensemble performs on a green stage cloth in an ashram hall. A central woman in a pink silk saree with gold border and gold jewellery plays a large wooden veena, her left hand raised. Beside her, a woman in pink with a red bindi plays a veena with a carved dragon-head neck, and two more women in pink and gold sarees play veenas on the right. Hanging orange and patterned tassels decorate the wall behind them, and a small notice is pinned to the wall.2010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesA photograph of a musical performance indoors. A young woman in a pale pink sari with a gold blouse sits on a green cloth playing a long-necked stringed instrument, a veena, with gold-tipped ornamental carving, and wears pink-and-white beaded necklaces and drop earrings. Behind her an older woman in a pink sari with a red bindi and gold necklace plays a second veena. At left, a man in a white shirt plays a hand drum, a mridangam or similar percussion instrument. A small brass oil lamp sits on the cloth in front, and a tanpura-style instrument rests at lower right.2010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copies